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The beginnings of the cadet program in Canada 

On June 3, 1861, less than two months after the outbreak of civil war in the U.S., a Militia General Order was given that authorized the formation of the “Trinity College Volunteer Rifle Company;” the first volunteer militia rifle company in a Canadian school.  Many references claim the school to have been Trinity College in Port Hope, Ontario.  However, the college at Port Hope was initially established in Weston, Ontario in 1865 and didn’t move to Port Hope until 1868.  Consequently, the first school to have an authorized volunteer militia rifle company in Canada was most likely Trinity College at the University of Toronto.  It was founded in 1851. 

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